Ayoub Khan on Maccabi Tel Aviv ban: 'False smears put my family in danger'

Independent UK MP Ayoub Khan states that false smears from fellow politicians have put his family in danger. Khan supported a West Midlands Police ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending a match against Aston Villa, citing security risks and the fans' history of violence. He has faced accusations of antisemitism, which he denounces as a deliberate and disingenuous conflation of policing matters with religion. Khan asserts his position is based on principles of public safety and holding nations accountable for human rights violations, not on excluding Jewish people.